May 22, 191B 



HORTICULTURE 



687 



MAY FLOWER SHOW. 



The May Flower Show held the end 

 of last week in the Palace of Horticul- 

 ture, Exposition grounds, under the 

 auspices of the California State Floral 

 Society and the Alameda County 

 Floral Society in conjunction with the 

 department of Horticulture of the 

 Panama-Pacific exposition, was a 

 splendid success both from the stand- 

 point of participation and attendance. 

 The exhibits were divided into three 

 classes — cut flowers by amateurs, cut 

 flowers by amateurs who employ 

 skilled labor, and all varieties by pro- 

 fessional growers. In the latter class, 

 the Judges awarded prizes as follows: 

 Roses grown under glass, Domoto 

 Bros.r roses grown in the open, first, 

 B. Gill Nursery Co., second, Vallance 

 Nursery; carnations, first, Peninsula 

 Nursery Co., second, Holland Nursery 

 Co.; lilies, Y. Okimo; iris, first, Mrs. 

 R. E. Darbee, second, Fred Agarl; 

 herbaceous peonies, Paul Grallert. 

 Besides special prizes were given as 

 follows: for pink oriental poppies, 

 Paul Grallert; for artistic arrange- 

 ment of tables, Mrs. Neal Childs; for 

 trees and shrubs, E. Gill Nursery Co.; 

 for tulips and aquilegia. Dr. John A. 

 Scannavino; for iris. Dean Iris Gar- 

 dens; for sparaxis, Mrs. Muhlmer; for 

 blue perennial pea, Mrs. R. H. Grey. 

 Roses were in assertive predominance 

 at the show and some excellent dis- 

 plays were made in all three classes. 

 A Mme. Edouard Herriot, grown and 

 exhibited by E. E. Curtis of Berkeley, 

 attracted much attention. 



A JUNE PICTURE. 



The time of the blooming of roses is 

 now approaching. Scenes such as that 

 depicted on our cover page this week 

 are the irresistible "silent salesmen" 

 for the rose grower. If every nursery- 

 man and florist would only adorn their 

 grounds in like manner and call the 

 public in to see and admire the June 

 splendor, how the sales of sucli roses 

 would mount up. The picture was tak- 

 en on the Thomas W. Lawson estate at 

 Scituate, Mass., last summer. Let us 

 hope that the time may yet come when 

 American rose hybridists will give us 

 a race of hardy ever blooming ram- 

 bling roses so that such scenes may be 

 possible also in late summer and fall. 



PANSIES 



SUPERB STRAIN— IN BUD AND BLOOM 



$1.35 per lOOj $10.00 per 1000 

 EXTRA L.iRGE PLANTS 



$15.00 per 1000 



GERANIUMS. Out of 3;Mn pot., 

 $7.00 per 100. 



VINCA VAR. Out of 4-in. pot., 

 $10 and $12.50 per 100. 



DBL. LOBELIA and AGERATUM 

 BLUE. Out of 3 '2. in. pots. $6.00 

 per 100. 



C.Aj^II WITH ORDER 

 HV EXPRESS ONLY 



Leonard Cousins, Jr. 



CONCORD JUNCTION. MASS. 



HYDRANGEAS 



We have a niagniflcent lot of large plants grown io tubs and lialf-barrels for 



JULY AND AUGUST FLOWERING 



We have made a specialty of hydrangeas for years, and our plants have never 

 been finer than thev are this year. They are well budded, and will begin to snow 

 color the end of June, and will be in perfection during July and August— when they 

 are most in demand. , v j 



Hydrangea Otalisa, tbe standard pink variety, and the new French hydrangeas- 

 Avalanche, Fraicheur, La Lorraine, Mme. Maurice Hamar, Mme. B. Moulllere and 

 Mile. Renee Gaillard, . „ . , 



Strong plants in tubs, .$2.00 and $3.00 each— according to size. Otaksa, very large 

 specimens in half-barrels, $7.50, $10.00 and $12.50 each— according to size. 



DRACENA INDIVISA. 



Large plants for centers of vases, 50c., 75c., $1.00 and $1.50 each— according to size. 



CROTONS. 

 Assorted varieties for bedding, in 31/2 and 4 inch pots, $15.00 and $25.00 per 100. 



VINCA MAJOR VARIEGATA. 

 We have a fine stoclr of this in strong, heavy plants in 4 Inch pots at $10.00 and 

 $12.00 per 100 — according to size. 



ENGLISH IVY. 

 Strong plants, 4 inch pots, $10.00 and $12.00 per 100— according to size. 

 NepliroIepU Teddy, Jr., 8 inch pots, $1.00 each ; 4 inch, 15c. each ; 214 inch, $6.00 per 



FERNS. 



100. 



Nephrolepis elegantissima compacta, 3H Inch pots, 25e. each; 2% inch, $6.00 per 100. 

 Nephrolepis elegantissima, 8 inch pots, $1.00 each; 2% Inch, $6.00 per 100. 

 Nephrolepsis muscosa and Smithii, SVi inch pots. 25c. each; 5 inch, 50c. each 

 Nephrolepis Harrisii, 6 inch pots, 50c. each; 12 inch, very large specimens, $4.00 and 



$5.00 each. 

 Cibotium Schiedei, large plants, 10 Inch pots, $3.50 each. 

 Table Ferns, assorted varieties, nice plants, 2% inch pots, $4.00 per 100; extra size, 



SV2 inch pots. $15.00 per 100. 



W^NTER-^LOWERING ROSES. 



We have a particularly fine stock of Ophelia, Francis Scott Key, and Prince 

 E. C. d'Arenberg— strong plants, own root and grafted; also a fine lot of gratteQ 

 roses in the standard varieties, like Killarney Brilliant, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Sunburst, 

 Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, Mme. Edmond Rostand, etc.. etc. We will be glad to quote 

 prices on application. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown, New York 



VISITORS' REGISTOR. 



New York — Lawrence S. Payn, of 

 Simon L. Freres & Co., Brayeres-Ie- 

 chatel, France. 



PERSONAL. 



Miss Jennie Adrian, of Cincinnati, 

 left last week for a visit to tlie Ex- 

 position and otlier points of Interest 

 on tlie Pacific Coast. 



Cincinnati — Miss Fannie White, Lex- 

 ington, Ky.; T. Welk, Wilmington, 

 Ohio. 



Chicago — W. J. Becker, Logansport, 

 Ind.; Wm. Satter, representing Eb- 

 binge & Van Groos, Boskoop, Holland. 



Philadelphia — L B. Sweigart, repre- 

 senting Coldwell Mfg. Co., Newburgh, 

 N. Y.; A. Ilerrington, Madison, N. J. 



San Francisco, Cal. — ^Victor Waren- 

 dorff, New York City; H. Bayersdorfer 

 ;ind Mrs. Bayersdorfer, Philadelphia. 



Boston — F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.; Louis J. Renter, Westerly, R. L; 

 Prof. Arno H. Nehrling, Amherst, 



Mass. 



Pittsburgh — Milton Alexander, New 

 York; Julius Dilhoff, New York; A. 

 Rosnosky, representing Henry K. 

 Mlchell Co., Philadelphia. 



Washington, D. C— M. Adler, Jr., 

 New York, N. Y.; J. H. Breckman, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; and J. E. Rolker, of 

 August Rolker & Sons. New York. 



-To tell n mushroom, merely eat 

 The specimen that you may meet. 

 And note, next day, with studious care. 

 If you've stayed here or gone elsewhere. 

 — Detroit Journal. 



NEW CROP 



FANCY FERNS 



$1.25 per 1000 



Special Indncements For 



QUANTITY ORDERS 



Contract Now For 



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 Sheet Mosses. I am a new Firm in the 

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 Give Me a Trial. 



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KNUO NIELSEN 



EVERGREEN, ALA. 



